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What’s the Difference – Panic Bar vs. Exit Bar

There are many different types of locks and locking hardware available, and it’s not always easy to determine the difference between product types.  On the surface, they may seem (and even look) similar, but as you learned when we discussed the difference between mortise and cylindrical locks, there’s often a huge difference.  Today we dive […]

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Locked Emergency Exits Cause Panic During Plant Fire in China

Stories like these are, unfortunately, the reason the US has strict safety standards in place. Last week a swift-moving fire trapped workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China. The factory had only a single open emergency exit and killed at least 119 people in the scurry to find an open door. This accident, like […]

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